Rise of the ebook (2011-02-20) Ideas Air Date: Monday - January 31, 2011 Closing The Book
The world of letters is being rocked by new technology. The rapid rise of the e-reader could be the biggest change in books since Gutenberg invented movable type. Readers, writers, booksellers, and publishers are all grappling with its implications and asking a fundamental question: is a book really a book when it exists only as a digital file? CBC producer Sean Prpickgoes between the covers of the question.
Ideas Air Date: Monday - January 31, 2011
Closing The Book
The world of letters is being rocked by new technology. The rapid rise of the e-reader could be the biggest change in books since Gutenberg invented movable type. Readers, writers, booksellers, and publishers are all grappling with its implications and asking a fundamental question: is a book really a book when it exists only as a digital file? CBC producer Sean Prpickgoes between the covers of the question.